Europe

Italy records 10.5 percent unemployment in May 2021

Published on: July 1, 2021
09:36

Rome, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) Italy's unemployment rate fell from 10.6 percent in April 2021 to 10.5 in May, the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) informed on Thursday.

Russian president signs law on regulation of ICT companies

Published on: July 1, 2021
07:17

Moscow, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that obliges large foreign Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) companies to open legal representations in the country, it was reported on Thursday.

Global labor migration rises by 5 million

Published on: July 1, 2021
07:13

Geneva, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) The number of global migrant workers has jumped to 169 million, a 3% rise since 2017, according to the latest estimates from the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Experts reiterate warning of coral reefs’ extinction

Published on: July 1, 2021
00:45

Helsinki, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) An international team of marine biologists warned that the wiping of coral reefs off the face of the globe will significantly affect fish populations in the oceans, a scientific institution informed.

NGO claims that climate change affects the poorest

Published on: July 1, 2021
00:15

Berlin, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) The environmental crisis threatens 41 million people in the world with hunger, including the poorest and those who have least caused the problem, the leader of a German NGO said.

Cuba blames extreme poverty on prevailing global order

Published on: June 30, 2021
16:51

Geneva, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Juan Antonio Quintanilla, on Wednesday affirmed at the Human Rights Council that extreme poverty and world inequality are consequences of the prevailing international order imposed by the powerful.

Storms leave over 145,000 Czechs without power

Published on: June 30, 2021
16:45

Prague, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) At least 145,000 people were left without electricity service on Wednesday, due to storms that hit the Czech Republic and interrupted railway service in several regions, local media reported.

Erdogan ratifies general elections in Turkey for 2023

Published on: June 30, 2021
16:43

Ankara, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday ratified that the general election will be held in June 2023 against opposition demands to move it forward.

Argentina calls for better and less unequal economy

Published on: June 30, 2021
13:47

Rome, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Argentina called for a less unequal economy and the strengthening of cooperation and solidarity mechanisms in the post-pandemic period when speaking on Wednesday at the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Foreign Relations and Development, in Matera.

Putin expects Russia to prevent another quarantine due to Covid-19

Published on: June 30, 2021
12:33

Moscow,c Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he expects Russia to prevent a new quarantine, given the increase in the number of Covid-19 contagions and the presence of new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

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